When did you put baby in their own room?

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Exactly that really. DD1 was 6 months. Because of a mixture of apprehension of DD2 waking DD1 and vice versa, DD2 is still with us at 7.5 months. We don't plan to have more kids so also think we might be holding on for longer than we should as it seems a step away from needing us quite so much!

So, how long did your babies sleep
In your room? Are DH and I batshit?

We moved our Son just before he turned 6 months. He had reached the weight limit on his next to me (9kg) and was getting too big lengthwise.

I'm glad I did, he was always a good sleeper but slept so much better in his own room without us moving about to disturb him!

Definitely nothing wrong with still having them in with you at 7.5 months though, loads of people keep them with them until over a year. It's just whatever you feel comfortable with

2.5 years.

15 months

5 months!

5 months. I know it's against advice but they were twins and waking each other in same cot ( they were in one cot in our room from birth) and we couldn't fit two cots in our bedroom. I hasten to add the distance they were away from us in the bedroom next door with the doors open was probably closer than being kept in the same room in some cases as our house is TINY. I could still hear every movement.

7.5months and two weeks in, it seems to be going ok.... frantically looks round for some wood to touch

@Garman

Around 2-3 years we move them out, so weird to see people saying they're ashamed or mad because they share a bed or room with their own little babies or young children.

This

6 months with both mine. I am NOT a bed sharer unless they are poorly or have a nightmare etc. I just don’t sleep with them in there. I didn’t sleep well with them in the next to me cribs but general exhaustion of a newborn did help a bit. I’m such a light sleeper, it’s a genuine curse. The slightest noise & I’m awake 🤦🏼‍♀️ So I’ve worked very hard on getting two sleepers who stay put in their own beds 😅 And I do have two very independent sleeps which is good!

If it works for you, crack on! No real rules on all that kinda thing! I’d be tempted to move them before they become too aware of everything though .. it might be hard to move them into a room alone if at 12 months they are used to your room & you being right there..

For those sleeping away from babies under 6 months, are you not scared of SIDS? Sleeping alone is a major risk factor (hearing an adult around helps them regulate their own breathing).

We moved DS aged 7 months. He was still a shit sleeper though, until 19 months.

16 months. DC2 is 4 months and still wakes 1-3 times a night at least, so can't see us moving him out anytime soon either. We just do what makes for an easier life and traipsing in and out of another room in the middle of the night definitely isn't easier than settling them in our room. Unfortunately eldest is 3.5 and regularly wakes in the night now for the last 6 months or so too so we do now have to traipse up and down a lot. Almost minded to move her into our bed if it weren't for the fact that the baby would then also wake her which wouldn't be fair.

DS was around 8 months. If I’m honest I wish we’d done it sooner, he thrived in his own room & was the first time he started to sleep for longer periods 😂

@Crimesean

For those sleeping away from babies under 6 months, are you not scared of SIDS? Sleeping alone is a major risk factor (hearing an adult around helps them regulate their own breathing).

We moved DS aged 7 months. He was still a shit sleeper though, until 19 months.

Do they get to 6 months and there's magically no risk?

4 months - she was a really good sleeper and slept through from shortly after we moved her.

Then it all went tits up just before she turned 2 yrs and I've spent a lot of time sleeping in her room over the last few months. I've tried having her in my bed and I hate it; I just don't sleep at all.

7 weeks and all three started sleeping through the night at 8 weeks. This was years ago.

Well @ladygindiva “Do they get to 6 months and there's magically no risk?” it drops substantially

DD1 was 5 months, tbh i wish i never bothered I missed her terribly!

DD2 is 8 months old and still in her Next to Me crib with us. We are decorating her room so she should be in her room by age 1, although I'm in no rush

@OneSwallow

From birth. They wouldn’t sleep in our room at all.

Glad I'm not the only one!

I put her down for a nap in her cotbed and thought nooo I'd rather keep her with us until 1! I'd miss her too.

My MIL told me (obviously back in the days before SiDS risks were researched) she put all of the children in cots the other side of the house at 3 months each time so she could get some sleep

I love sleeping with my kids. My baby is in the sidecar crib and is 9 months. My 4 year old still gets in between me and his Dad at some point in the night too. Love sleeping close to my babies.

Dd was 4 months as the side cot was too small .. she was a mover and needed space! She was a great sleeper till 2.5yrs now she's a nightmare !!

Still haven't with my youngest two
They are 5 and 7.

About two- three months both times. This was 20 years ago. I was stopping bf about this time so were sleeping through mostly anyway.
Neither ever ever came into our bed. I needed that psychological space.

@ladygindiva of course not, but the risk drops substantially at 6 months.

5.5 months. She was in a next to me type thing but we went to stay with friends abroad and they had put a large cot in out room for her. When we got home, we decided to see how she got on in her big cot in her own room and she was fine.

6 months both times but I can't see an issue with 12 months. After that a toddler might not want to leave but if you're happy with that it's ok.